by James Gordon | Apr 3, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
I am tired of culture wars. I’m weary of conflicted opinions fueled by endless anger, contested worldviews excluding each other, and confrontational ideologies as the default of public discourse encountering disagreement. Susan Harding coined the phrase...
by James Gordon | Mar 29, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
What are we to make of the contrast between the one who “was in very nature God” and the one who “became obedient to death – even death on a cross”? Why would “he who did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped” make himself nothing and take the form of a...
by James Gordon | Dec 30, 2022 | Opinion
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by James Gordon | Apr 19, 2022 | Opinion
Flourish is a rich and reassuring word. From the Latin stem florere, it relates to flowers. To flourish is to “develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly congenial environment.” Who wouldn’t want to flourish,...
by James Gordon | Mar 16, 2022 | Opinion
Psalm 63:1-8 is not for the nonchalant. It vibrates with emotional intensity and assumed intimacy. Body and soul, the whole person is defined at least for this moment, by longing for the felt nearness and accompanying assurance of God. Thirst for God and prolonged...